冷却器 (lěng què qì) — cooler; radiator (device for cooling fluids or…

Definition

noun

coolerradiator (device for cooling fluids or gases)

Measure word · 台

冷却器，。
Qì chē de lěng què qì huài le, xū yào xiū lǐ.
The car's radiator is broken and needs repair.
冷却器。
Zhè ge gōng chǎng shǐ yòng dà xíng lěng què qì lái jiàng dī shuǐ wēn.
This factory uses a large cooler to lower the water temperature.
冷却器。
Diàn nǎo de lěng què qì kě yǐ bāng zhù sàn rè.
The computer's cooler can help dissipate heat.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

冷却cool down

补充Verb + complement

“冷” (cool) and “却” (away) combine to mean cool down, and “器” denotes a device.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

冫令冷

Meaning part形符xíngfú

冫Written in full as仌bīngice

Sound part声符shēngfú

令

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

冷 uses 冫, the ice form, with 令 as a sound part, to mean cold as ice.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 卻; 却 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

卩卩jié

Sound part声符shēngfú

𧮫

𧮫𧮫卻què

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 卻 uses 𧮫 for sound and 卩 for meaning; the simplified 却 is a shorthand.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The origin of 器 is uncertain; one traditional account reads the whole shape as a scene of guarding over four vessels.